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The Workshop Finder is an online directory of workshops and tour opportunities around the world including art workshops, retreats & tours, photography workshops & tours, writing workshops, retreats & writers conferences, music workshops, camps, festivals, lessons & tutorials, etc.
The Workshop Finder is updated each week with newly posted event listings.
The Workshop Finder is updated each week with newly posted event listings.
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Featured Events
Art
Capturing the Magic of Tuscany
with Yuki Hall, TWSA, OWS, WPA Join me for a magical painting and sketching vacation workshop in Florence & Trequanda, Italy. September 22 ~ 30, 2022, with Yuki Hall, TWSA, OWS, WPA. We will immerse ourselves in Renaissance history, Art, Culture, plenty of sketching & painting, Amazing food & wine and fellowship. September 22-30, 2022 Florence, Trequenda, Italy |
Art
Live Zoom Watercolor Workshops and Classes with Judy Mudd
Paint-along, ask questions and review during workshops. Reference materials, including drawing guides, reference photos, and palette colors are provided prior to class. Ongoing |
Art
2022 Art Workshops in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bluebird Studios offers the perfect place to bring creatives together in the heart of the American West located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where the desert and mountains meet. We are located just 7 miles from the historic Santa Fe Plaza, yet in a country setting of horse ranches and open space. The studio is tucked into the southern edge of the Sangre de Cristo mountains on a sheltered 9-acre horse ranch of rolling hills, arroyos (dry river beds) that are dotted with pinion, juniper, chamisa, and sagebrush just off the Old Santa Fe Trail. April, May, August, September and October 2022 8 Joy Lane Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Art
Live, Online Watercolor Workshops
with Cindy Welch Interactive, live classes with demos recorded to view again and again. Reference photo, drawing, and supply list provided before class. 6 week sessions on a variety of subjects including landscapes, floral, still life, and animals. Learn about color mixing, values, composition, and more. Fun, stress free instruction concluding with a personal critique. Ongoing |
Photography
Italy Bellissimo
hosted by McKay Photography Inc. Tuscany and Cinque Terre This is a SMALL group tour with LIMITED availability. ONLY 12 photographers with 2 instructors! Tuscany – 6 nights in a beautiful Tuscan Villa – Food, Wine, Photography, Castles, and the Tuscan countryside! Italian full course dinners INCLUDED! Cinque Terre – 4 nights of incredible seaside landscape like no other place in the world. One beautiful group dinner included April 16-27, 2023 April 27 - May 8, 2023 Tuscany & Cinque Terre, Italy |
Photography
Private Photography Instruction
by Nancy LeVine Photography With over 30 years as a professional photographer in New York City, Paris and Seattle and over 15 years teaching photography, I am now offering Private Instruction from my studio in Beacon, NY. Or via Zoom and Facetime. We can also meet on location in the Hudson Valley. My private instruction is responsive to whatever you would like to learn. |
Writing
The YMCA's Downtown Writers Center
The YMCA's Downtown Writers Center in Syracuse, NY, offers a wide variety of online literary arts programming, including workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, and more, along with a stellar series of online readings by visiting poets and writers. Join us from the comfort of your home! Ongoing throughout year Syracuse, NY and Online |
Writing
Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop
The 2022 workshop will feature New York Times’ bestselling authors, Saturday Night Live legends, Emmy Award winners, Thurber Prize winners, a Moth GrandSLAM winner, the author of the Bible (The New Comedy Bible, that is), screenwriters and a slew of celebrated comedians and authors. The registration fee is $499, which includes meals and full access to a *virtual* package of the keynote talks and Pitchapalooza. Virtual only: $79. October 20-22, 2022 University of Dayton, Ohio |
Art
2022 Tile Making in Tuscany!
Learn the art of tile making in Italy while enjoying the Tuscan lifestyle. Ceramic artist, Brenda McMahon teaches the 13-day workshop at La Meridiana International School of Ceramics just south of Florence. You will be guided through various tile making techniques and then learn how to create a painterly surfaces on your artwork. Workshop includes all materials, firings, meals, housing and 2 day trips. The workshop is open to students of all levels. September 11-24, 2022 LA MERIDIANA International Centre of Ceramics in Tuscany Firenze, Italy |
Art
Art Workshops with Mary Lin Watanabe
Release the stress of daily life and discover your creative self by exploring different art mediums. Whether this is a one-time experience or a lifelong hobby, Mary’s workshop will give you the opportunity to expand your right brain. Each course is perfect for “me time” to begin your creative journey. Just as with in-person classes, each online workshop is interactive via Zoom. Every painting workshop consists of 5 weekly 2 hours sessions (PST time zone). May 2022 through February 2023 (6 workshops) Zoom sessions |
Art
Creating Dynamic Abstracts
with Gwen Fox Your knowledge of color and design plays a big part in creating an abstract that will stand out from all the others. It is also important to understand how shapes provide strength to your painting and how your edges add sensuality. So, how do you put it all together and come out with a painting that is selected for major shows, and sells? September 5 - 9, 2022 Taos, New Mexico |
Art
Abstracting Flowers with Personality
with Gwen Fox Ever wish you had the courage to create beautiful abstract florals with striking design and beautiful color? Now is your chance to open that wish box and let it become a reality. In this five-day workshop/retreat you will immerse yourself in learning how to create loose, beautiful, contemporary floral paintings. Flowers that show their strength while exhibiting their exquisite color that is both delicate and vulnerable. All this done in an abstract way. September 19 - 23, 2022 Taos, New Mexico |
Music
Singers Summer Academy
1) SEQUENDA Summer Academy (all levels) With Enza Ferrari (vocal coach), Luisa Mauro (voice teacher), Alessandro Urbano (baroque ensembles), Alain Bajot (vocal coach) 2) Workshop Don Pasquale de G. Donizetti (advanced singers) Music Direction : Umberto Finazzi, Accademia della Scala de Milan, Conservatoire G. Verdi de Milan August 29 - September 2, 2022 Luxembourg |
Writing
Writing on an Island
hosted by WriteLines Our adventure begins in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where we board the Thomas Laighton ferry to Star Island in the Isles of Shoals, nine miles off the coast. We meet for 2 hours each morning, 2 hours in the afternoon, and 2 hours in the evening to write to carefully chosen prompts and to share our work. There is time to edit and expand your work, meet individually with the instructor, converse with other writers, and explore the island. You will leave with the beginning of at least 12 new pieces. September 5-9, 2022 Star Island, Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
Writing
Maryland Writers Annual Conference
From Brain to Bookshelf 2022 hosted by Maryland Writers' Association Join us for our annual Brain to Bookshelf Conference. Our program is designed to help you advance your writing, whether you are new writer or a seasoned pro. We offer an extensive workshop from our Keynote Speaker, Maria Snyder and then participants can select from 15 additional workshops daily. Literary agents and small press editors will hear pitches and critiques. Along with many networking opportunities with attendees, lunch is provided. Registration is open with early bird pricing through August. October 15th and 16th, 2022 Baltimore Washington International Airport Hilton Linthicum, MD |
Photography
Harvest in the Palouse
hosted by Daniel J Gregory Photography In conjunction with the Photographic Center Northwest, I am hosting a workshop in the Palouse region of Washington state. In late summer, the harvest has started and along the backroads and by-ways, we be amazing scenary, old barns, silos, cars, tractors, buildings, and trees dotting the landscape. There is never a shortage of subject matter. Limited to no more than six participants, this promises to be a truly fantastic week of photography, learning, and adventures. August 21-25, 2022 Palouse Region of Washington State |
Art
Etruscan Places: Landscape Painting Workshops in Italy
Etruscan Places offers a completely unique series of open air painting workshops on location, rain or shine, in some of Italy’s most spectacular landscapes. Artists, curators, writers Maddine Insalaco and Joe Vinson are residents and home owners in both the USA and Italy. Their presence in Tuscany since 1995 guarantees their knowledge of the landscape, inhabitants and local culture. In 2022 we will offer two programs in September and October: Open Air Fundamentals (all levels) and Advanced Seminar. Fees include materials and surfaces, equipment, meals, accommodation, field trips and local transport. 12 student max and 2 instructors every class. Reduced rates are offered for extended stays. September and October 2022 Buonconvento, Tuscany ITALY |
Photography
Morocco Photo Tour 2023
hosted by Photo Tours and Expeditions Morocco Photo Tour. A truly fantastic opportunity to photograph and document intricate Medinas, labyrinthine souks, hidden treasures, and the diverse culture of the Royal Kingdom of Morocco and its people. April 22 - May 5, 2023 Morocco |
Photography
Yosemite Photo Workshops
with Phil Hawkins Learn landscape photography from a 37 year veteran of the park, leading workshops in Yosemite for 14 years. Workshops in Fall, Winter and Spring. Throughout the year Yosemite National Park |
Photography
Sensual Havana: Glamour & Artistic Nudes
Chris Baker Photo Tours On this one-of-a-kind Cuba photo tour, we'll photograph Cuba's most beautiful women and make the most of time-worn Havana--as fantastic a backdrop for glamour, erotic, and sensual artistic nude photography as exists in this world, given its mixture of Spanish colonial and faded baroque architecture, its wealth of 1950s American cars, and its stimulating aura of exoticism. To which add Cuba’s stunningly beautiful top models and ballerinas, and their joyous at-ease delight in being photographed and in expressing their sensuality. December 14-21, 2022 Havana, Cuba |
Writing
Inprint Flash Fiction Workshop
Over six weeks, you will engage in the art of crafting flash fiction. In addition to focusing on elements of craft such as character, point of view, and plot, we will attempt to unpack the genre’s enigmatic nature. By the end of the course, you will have a better sense of your voice and style, drafts on which you can continue to work, and the tools to approach future writing projects. Wednesdays starting July 13 6:30pm - 8:30pm CT running 6 weeks Online via Zoom |
Writing
A Guatemalan Writing Adventure with Mary Jo McConahay
Re-Kindle Your Creativity during our writing retreat in the picturesque highlands of Guatemala. We’ll journey from the colonial-era town of Antigua to the majestic waters of Lake Atitlán, its shores dotted with traditional Mayan villages. Once nestled into Casa del Mundo in Jaibalito, our work will begin. Perched on a secluded cliff and only assessable by boat, this stunning property is a source of inspiration and a sea of tranquility. The gift of time to write with professional support. That is what we will have together at magical Lake Atitlán. August 15-22, 2022 Lake Atitlan in Guatemala |
Writing
2022 Colorado Gold Writers Conference
Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers wants to help you “lift up and lift off” your writing career at the 2022 Colorado Gold Writers Conference, which features keynotes Chuck Wendig and Katherine Center, super-star acquiring agents (including for film adaptation), three days of programming covering craft and marketing, and networking galore. Held this year at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver, RMFW’s conference regularly draws writers from across the Rocky Mountain West and beyond. September 9-11, 2022 Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver 13200 East 14th Place Aurora, CO 80011 |
Music
CCRMA Summer Workshops 2022
A series of intensive programs where top educators and researchers from the fields of music, engineering, and computer science present a detailed study of specialized subjects. Each workshop is one week long. June 13 through September 2, 2022 CCRMA, Stanford University |
Photography
Bhutan Photo Tour 2022
hosted by Photo Tours and Expeditions Incredible photo tour to Bhutan, the Land of the Thunder Dragon. A kingdom as magical as the dragon that symbolizes it, join us on this photographic journey to one of the most secluded places on the planet. November 27 - December 11, 2022 Bhutan |
Photography
Antarctica Photo Tour 2023
hosted by Photo Tours and Expeditions Antarctica is one of the most remote yet fascinating places to visit in the world. Join us on an adventure like never before in this incredible photo tour to Antarctica aboard the Greg Mortimer. December 4-15, 2023 Antarctica |
Art
Stone carving and Dolce Vita in Umbria, Italy
The Culinary Stone Carving Experience. If you want to treat yourself with a creative time out, enjoying Italian lifestyle and excellent Italian food, apply now for your spot at Stone Carving and Dolce Vita! You get individual tuition by the sculptor Wolfgang Sandt and a culinary all-round service. Massage and day trips in beautiful Umbria included. September 3-10, 2022 Villa La Rogaia at Castel Rigone, Passignano sul Trasimeno (PG), Umbria, Italy |
Photography
PROJECT 52 PRO SYSTEM
Commercial and editorial photography in the most unique online course available. We cover food, product, still life, and editorial photography from a holistic approach. Fifty-two real-world assignments are reviewed live. From lighting and composition to bidding and client presentation, the goal is to prepare you to work as a professional whether full or part-time. This is a systematized approach that works. See our project page for more information. Enrolling Now; Begins August 2022 Online |
Art
An enchanted vacation and watercolor workshop in Mexico!
with Carol Newsom All inclusive week of painting in the heart of Mexico! Includes a four day Watercolor Workshop (9:30-11-30 plein air, 1 - 2:30 in studio) and plein air painting in the town of Tequis. Private car to and from the airport. Stay in one of two private villas, All breakfasts and lunches included (private chef). Cooking class, morning yoga, Craft tour and shopping. Otional massages and mine tours. Space limited to 10 people. October 22-29, 2022 Tequisquiapan, Queretaro, Mexico |